Autohome (02518, ATHM.US) has made significant progress in the sustainability sector. Following the submission of its S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (ESG CSA) questionnaire in late July, the official rating results have now been formally announced. Autohome achieved a total score of 42 points, marking the third consecutive year of rating improvement and outperforming nearly 87% of global peer companies, demonstrating excellent performance across multiple dimensions including corporate governance, financial stability, environmental management, and social responsibility.

The S&P Global ESG rating (CSA) is one of the world's oldest and largest corporate sustainability assessments. In 2024, over 3,600 companies globally actively participated in and completed the S&P Global CSA questionnaire. The CSA assessment evaluates companies across multiple aspects including corporate transparency, environmental governance, information disclosure, management coverage, development trends, performance metrics, awareness enhancement, and external verification, comprehensively reflecting corporate sustainable development management standards. The assessment results are directly used to construct S&P Global ESG indices, which have become among the world's major ESG investment indices, tracked by ETFs worth tens of billions of dollars globally, providing significant reference value for corporate sustainability assessment.

Autohome has consistently embedded sustainable development principles deep within its corporate strategy, continuously advancing the comprehensive construction of its ESG framework. The company not only excels in core areas such as environmental governance, social responsibility, and corporate governance, but also strategically positions itself in frontier sectors including artificial intelligence and new energy. The company has achieved breakthrough progress in AI technology scenario applications and the construction of a one-stop O2O automotive consumption ecosystem, using technological innovation as an engine to drive the automotive industry's acceleration toward digital transformation and green development.

This third consecutive year of rating improvement not only serves as strong validation of the company's solid achievements on the sustainable development path, but also demonstrates the firm commitment to practicing long-termism.